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celebrating one year of being literally the luckiest guy

📸: @alinastepn by @eastywinterton

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frida // may 2026

many thank you’s:
@annabellelopezochoa for your stunning ballet and the fun hangs
@petersalemusic for your gorgeous score and ability to write emotionally provoking piano solos
@angelaagresti for your relentless passion in making this ballet come to life
@maestromcphee for bringing this score to life and always being someone to look up to
@roy.chg for making our orchestra sound amazing. I don’t have enough photos with you!
@atlantaballet dancers for a wonderful season. I’m lucky to be your pianist 🎹 🩰
@atlantaballetorchestra, I’m so lucky to work with amazing colleagues and musicians. Bravo tutti 👏

📸 male frida photo by @knoxbellmedia
📸 @juliosantosp_ capturing my last grand allegro of the company season by @eastywinterton

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In celebration of World Piano Day, we sat down with Company Pianist Western-Li Summerton, who will perform live on stage for Yuri Possokhov’s world premiere, Dunayevsky Pas de Deux as part of Golden Hour.

From sweeping, lyrical moments to fiery, technical passages, Isaak Dunayevsky’s music brings a powerful emotional range that challenges both musician and dancer. With live piano accompaniment, every performance becomes a real-time collaboration—shaped by movement, breath, and connection on stage.

“Each dancer is nuanced… I examine how the music can support those nuances and their choreographic needs.”

Experience that connection for yourself during Golden Hour, featuring works by Yuri Possokhov, Claudia Schreier, Val Caniparoli, and Christopher Wheeldon.

📍 April 3–5, 2026 at Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre

Click the link in our bio to read the full interview.

Videography by DSol Productions

#AtlantaBallet #WorldPianoDay #ABGoldenHour taken in Atlanta Ballet by @eastywinterton

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In Creases

Being one of the first ballets I performed in when I first came to Atlanta in 2022, I was ecstatic to bring it back to kick off our 25-26 season. The thrill of the stunning choreography by @justin_peck set to the intricate music of @philipglass holds a special place in my heart.

A huge thank you to my fellow pianist and collaborator @rachelnmusic, truly an amazing artist to work with. Another huge thanks to @rory_hohenstein for staging this ballet and constantly making me a better ballet pianist. Bravo to these two amazing casts of silver surfers 🏄‍♂️ 🏄‍♂️ 🏄‍♂️ by @eastywinterton

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A very special shoot captured by @alinastepn that we couldn’t be happier with. Getting closer to our midsummer wedding! 💍 by @eastywinterton

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Today we celebrate the birthday of our dearest Angela 🎂 cheers to my partner in life and crime, mother to my dog, and the player 2 who always has my back during Super Mario. Enjoy this year’s food slideshow/montage featuring this amazing human! by @eastywinterton

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2 years ago

Performing Helgi Tómasson’s 7 for Eight these past few weeks has truly been a joy. I have felt so fulfilled as a pianist working with our @atlantaballet dancers and orchestra, and am filled with gratitude to have been apart of this process.

Thanks to @gennadinedviginofficial for the opportunity to work on this ballet, Anita Paciotti, @angelaagresti, and @epermuy for their time staging and rehearsing this work, @maestromcphee and @t_maesdwo for their conducting, collaboration, and camaraderie, and to our dancers and orchestra who constantly make me a better artist. Also honored to have been on the same program as @claudiaschreier’s new Rite of Spring; what an epic and visceral work to behold.

Catch me in the last video rehearsing Bach Keyboard Concerto No. 5: II. Adagio in my comfiest hoodie ☺️ taken in Cobb Energy Performing Arts Centre by @eastywinterton

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2 years ago

Big news: @angelaagresti and I are engaged 💍

No social media post could fully depict how much Angela means to me, but I’ll try. Anyone who knows Angela will tell you that she brings light with her wherever she goes. She inspires kindness in others, and finds the good in all things. I’m grateful to have experienced this light as her best friend, her pianist, and now as her fiancé. Cheers to a future with my special person; swipe to see a very special photobooth progression. by @eastywinterton

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serving looks at @atlantaballet’s black and white ball 🖤🤍

swipe to the end for the ‘23 - ‘24 now & then experience by @eastywinterton

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moments from @atlantaballet’s production of coco chanel, choreography by @annabellelopezochoa and score by @petersalemusic. grateful to have played with the amazing atlanta ballet orchestra under the baton of @maestromcphee with sound design by @roy.chg. i’m especially proud of @angelaagresti for staging and pouring her heart into this ballet. truly, what an exhilarating time to be a ballet pianist. by @eastywinterton

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happy birthday to my dearest @angelaagresti! today we celebrate an utterly talented and beautiful human who brings joy wherever she goes. cheers to another year of eating all the treats with my love ♥️ (swipe for the culinary montage) by @eastywinterton

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w/ symphony bae 🎻🎹♥️ @angelaagresti taken in Atlanta Symphony Orchestra by @eastywinterton

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